Hamir

Boys' name

From Sanskrit हम्मीर; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hamir has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2004. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2004, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Hamir, 2024

1 in 557,000

Hamir over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hamir: meaning, origin, and history

From Sanskrit हम्मीर; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Hamir means

Hamir is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Hamir is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Hamir comes through Sanskrit हम्मीर.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 42 boys were recorded with the name Hamir between 2004 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2004; its best national rank was #9,266 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Hamir?

Hamir had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hamir sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hamir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hamirs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hamir was born before 2019 — so the typical Hamir is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 42.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 42; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 42.9% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Hamir rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2004 (7)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,266; 2004

Spellings of Hamir

Hamir is not the most common spelling — Jamie is, with 17.5% against Hamir's <0.01%.

Jamie17.5%88,654
Homer12.0%60,912
Amir11.0%55,747
Lamar6.7%33,967
Ramiro5.1%25,930
Nasir3.5%17,917
Jamar3.2%15,964
Yahir2.5%12,431

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hamir around the world

Where Hamir ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1989–2004
#5,102
in 2004

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Hamir by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,266; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 7 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 42
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hamir

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cymir Rymir Timir Hamin Hamer Jemir Azmir Hamdaan Nimir Hamse Simir Xymir Hamze Ademir Zhymir Taymir Tremir Hameed Zaymir Jasmir Kasmir Ymir Hamlin Hamdi

Sibling names for Hamir

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

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